Guest Post – DIY Patriotic Party Lights

Today I am sharing a super quick and easy way to make some party/patio lights using mini red cups!  Yes, MINI red cups I said!  When I stumbled upon these cute little guys at Walmart, I started to hum a little tune in my head “Red Solo Cup, I’ll fill you up, let’s have a party!”  A little Toby Keith song.  For those of you unfamiliar, Google it! It’s a catchy little tune that will have you putting on your dancing shoes!  Anyways back to the project at hand, at $1.97 (I think) for a pack of 20, I snatched them up knowing I would be able to create something fun out of them.

With summer, holidays, and outdoor gatherings right around the corner, I decided to install one of those freestanding patio covers and turn them into fun outdoor party lights!  Memorial Day and the 4th of July will be creeping up on us soon, so I decided it would be fun to give them a patriotic feel. Here is how my DIY Patriotic Party Lights came together!

Step 1: Use painters tape and tape the edges between the colors to separate the red white and blue.  I only taped the top part where I wanted the red and the white separated, as I just got impatient and wanted to get on with the show!  I would just take the extra time and tape every where unless you are very patient and have a steady hand.  Once it is all taped, paint two coats of the middle white and the bottom blue, leaving the top just the way it is as it is already the color you need it to be…red!

Step 2:  When it is all dry, take off the tape and then drill holes in the top where you will put the lights in.

Step 3:  Stick the string of lights in the holes that you drilled.  I could only find string lights in a pack of 50, so I just put a cup on about every second light since I only had 20 cups.

That is it!  How easy is that?!  Once the rain settles here, I am going to hang these up so they are ready for party’s, and bbq’s all summer long!

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Huge thanks to Leigh Anne for having me today!  Hope you all enjoyed my patriotic party lights and have a happy Thursday!